School Health Database

El Salvador

School age population in 2008, primary (UIS): 914,985

Gross enrolment ratio in 2007, primary (UIS): 118%

Net enrolment rate in 2007, primary (UIS): 92%

Gender parity index for gross enrolment ratio in 2007, primary (UIS): 1.00

Number of primary school age children out of school in 2006 (UNESCO 2008): 39,000

School age population in 2008, secondary (UIS): 845,146

Gross enrolment ratio in 2007, secondary (UIS): 65%

Net enrolment rate in 2007, secondary (UIS): 54%

Children (0-14 years) living with HIV: unavailable

Young women (15-24 years) living with HIV in 2007, rate (UNAIDS 2008): 0.5%

Young men (15-24 years) living with HIV in 2007, rate (UNAIDS 2008): 0.9%

Children (0-17 years) who have lost one or both parents due to all causes, 2007 (UNICEF 2008): 130,000

Percent of children who have lost one or both parents due to all causes: 5%

Children (0-17 years) who have lost one or both parents due to AIDS: unavailable

Estimated malaria cases in 2006, out of a total population of 6,762,000 (WHO 2008): 90

Estimated malaria deaths in 2006, total population (WHO 2008): 0

Estimated malaria cases in children under five in 2006, out of a under-five population of 777,000 (WHO 2008): 6

Estimated malaria deaths in 2006, children under five (WHO 2008): 0

Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths among school-age children (de Silva et al. 2003)

Schistosomiasis is not a public health problem in El Salvador.

Percent of population using improved drinking water sources in 2006 (UNICEF and WHO 2008): 84%

Percent of population using improved sanitation facilities in 2006 (UNICEF and WHO 2008): 86%

Percent of under-fives suffering from (UNICEF 2008)

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Health, Nutrition, HIV and AIDS